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Android Essentials

Apress

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  • Focuses on just four main topics: Application life-cycle and OS integration, User interface, Location based services, and Networking
  • The reader will understand how an Android application functions and communicates with the handset that hosts it
  • The reader will be able to create and display a rich mix of custom rendered screens and tailored Android widgets
  • Readers will know how to use Google’s powerful Map tool
  • They will understand the intricacies of network connectivity in the mobile world

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-iv
  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-8
  3. The Application

    Pages 9-40
  4. User Interface

    Pages 41-74
  5. Tying on a Bow

    Pages 107-111
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 112-112

About this book

Android Essentials is a no–frills, no–nonsense, code–centric run through the guts of application development on Google's Mobile OS. This book uses the development of a sample application to work through topics, focusing on giving developers the essential tools and examples required to make viable commercial applications work. Covering the entirety of the Android catalog in less than 150 pages is simply impossible. Instead, this book focuses on just four main topics: the application life cycle and OS integration, user interface, location–based services, and networking.

  • Thorough, complete, and useful work on the nuts and bolts of application development in Android
  • Example driven and practically minded
  • A tool for hobbyists and professionals who want to create production–quality applications

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eBook USD 19.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 29.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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